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Jerry Steimel, Executive Vice President, Operations, began working at BGCB in 1987 as Executive Director at the Charlestown Club and became Executive Vice President, Operations in 2000. His current responsibilities include supervision of Executive Directors and operations at our Clubs and YSPN program. He hails from Kentucky and has 30 years of experience in the youth development field. Prior to BGCB, he was Associate Director at Project Rap, a multi-service agency in Beverly, MA, and was Director of their emergency shelter for teens. He has also been Director of a youth center, a caseworker in the Chicago courts and a teacher in an alternative high school. He has an M.S.W from the University of Chicago. jsteimel@bgcb.org

 

Patricia (Trish) Gannon, Executive Vice President, Finance & Planning, Chief Financial Officer, joined BGCB in 2006. Gannon provides strategic leadership for the organization and direct oversight of all financial functions, ensuring long-range sustainability as well as fiscal stability for the agency’s programs and Clubs. She manages a range of activities to support the financial, facility and technological functions of the agency, including relationships with auditors, vendors and insurance companies. Formerly, Trish served as VP for Fiscal Affairs and CFO of Merrimack College, where she provided strategic direction for a broad range of operations. She spent 10 years in senior leadership positions at the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, formerly Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency, and began her career as Assistant to the CFO at Boston’s Children’s Museum. Driven by a lifelong passion for the not-for-profit sector, Trish has served on boards and committees for several nonprofit organizations. She holds a B.A. in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross and an M.P.A. from Suffolk University. pgannon@bgcb.org

 

Kathy Sheehan, Chief Advancement Officer, was appointed Vice President for Development in April 2004. She joined the BGCB staff in May 2002. Kathy's development experience includes positions at Harvard University and Wellesley College. At Harvard, she developed a national network of non-alumni support for the Divinity School's Women's Studies in Religion Program. This pioneering program supports groundbreaking interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research and teaching around gender and religion. While at Harvard, she participated in the LEAD BOSTON program through NCCJ. At Wellesley College, where Kathy was Senior Development Officer, she had major gifts responsibility as part of the College's $400 million comprehensive campaign. She also served as Director of the College's Business Leadership Council (BLC). The BLC includes 125 Wellesley alumnae who are leaders in business and non-profit management. This group provides strategic expertise to the College at the request of the President and Senior Staff. Kathy is a graduate of Smith College and earned a Master of Divinity from Boston University. ksheehan@bgcb.org

Youth Service Providers Network (YSPN)

Jeff H. Butts, MSW, LICSW, ACSW, ABD, is the Executive Director of YSPN, a Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston program in partnership with the Boston Police Department, and BGCB Pubic Funding Officer. As a founding member of the planning group which created the YSPN in the spring of 1995, Jeff designed and implemented the social service model that enables police officers to refer youth and their families to social workers who work out of district station houses. He supervises these social workers and works with the police department to ensure that front-line police officers and social workers are building effective relationships. Jeff also has consulted as a program evaluator to community-based organizations, and has consulted with the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to establish a similar social work model. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Simmons Graduate School of Social Work, where has taught courses in juvenile justice policy and clinical practice. He holds a Master Degree in social work and is a licensed independent clinical social worker. He is also a doctoral candidate in juvenile law policy at Northeastern University. jbutts@bgcb.org

Free-Standing Clubs

Jenny Atkinson, Executive Director of the Charlestown Boys & Girls Club, returned to BGCB after working for Boys & Girls Clubs of America for four years. A 15-year veteran of the Boys & Girls Clubs Movement, Jenny formerly served as the Charlestown Club's education director and, more recently, as a senior director with Boys & Girls Clubs of America. A graduate of Harvard University with both a bachelor of arts and masters of education degree, Jenny brings to the Charlestown Club a wealth of vital experience including work in classroom education, youth advocacy, and volunteer leadership in various youth, education, and after-school-time initiatives. Her work developing, implementing and evaluating programs in education and the arts at the national level will serve her well as she oversees the rich variety of programs serving 6- to 18-year-olds in the Charlestown Club. jatkinson@bgcb.org

 

Harold (Harry) Duvall, Executive Director of the South Boston Boys & Girls Club, has six years of experience in the Boys & Girls Club Movement. Most recently, Harry served as Unit Director at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest County, Temecula, California, where he designed youth development strategies, implemented core programs, recruited and trained staff, managed budgets, served as a liaison to parents, and supervised facility maintenance. Previously, he was the co-founder/director of Partners in Compassion ART, a formal partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad, San Dieguito and Oceanside, California, where he oversaw daily operations of an award-winning art education/youth development program. He spent eight years on staff at Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts, where he was Dean of Enrollment Management, Director of Admissions and Assistant to the Dean of Admissions. In addition, he has several years of hockey coaching experience, and has worked with youth as a volunteer mentor and coach. hduvall@bgcb.org

 

Michelle Perez, Executive Director of the Gerald and Darlene Jordan Boys & Girls Club, in Chelsea, was named to the position in June 2008. Michelle joined the Club staff in 1999, most recently serving as Director of Operations. Previously, Michelle worked as a clinical social worker in a variety of settings, serving both youth and families.  Michelle has a B.A. in Psychology/Elementary Education from Curry College and a Masters in Social Work from New York University. mperez@bgcb.org

 

 

Scott McLellan, Executive Director of the Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club, joined Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston in Dorchester in October 2007.   Scott has more than seven years of Boys & Girls Club experience, most recently as Branch Director at Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket.  Previously, he worked in two residential settings for high at-risk youth.  He has a degree in Social Work from Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee, Illinois, and has completed the Middle Managers Track through the Academy of Boys & Girls Cubs of America.  smclellan@bgcb.org

 

 

Andrea Swain, Executive Director of the Yawkey Club of Roxbury, joined BGCB as the Roxbury Boys & Girls Club Executive Director in March 2001, and oversaw the 2006 expansion and renovation of the Club. When it reopened as a state-of-the-art facility in fall 2006, it was renamed the Yawkey Club. Andrea came to BGCB from Peabody Properties, where she had been a Property Manager. Previously, she spent 10 years with the Boston Housing Authority in a variety of roles related to providing services to families and children within the Mission Main and Orchard Estates Housing Developments. She also previously worked part-time in the Roxbury Club in the Teen-Time Program. aswain@bgcb.org

 

School Clubs

Tanya Gould, Director of the Sumner Club at the Charles Sumner Elementary School in Roslindale, was named to this role in 2007, shortly after the Club opened. In this position she oversees six staff members and nearly 80 members. Previously, she served for three years as the Education Director at the Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club/George Robert White Youth Development Center in Dorchester. Tanya became interested in serving youth while working with 14- to 17-year-olds as a poetry teacher for Gear-Up. Tanya lives in Dorchester and holds a B.A. in English from Northeastern University. tgould@bgcb.org

 

Donna Young, Director of the Mattahunt Club at the Mattahunt Elementary School in Mattapan, leads a team of five staff members to provide quality after-school programming to 75 children. Donna was named to the position in 2007, after serving as the Director of BGCB’s Community Learning Center at the Bates Elementary School in Roslindale. She became interested in the youth service field while working at the YMCA of Greater Boston-Roxbury, after which she received training through Achieve-Boston’s School-Age & Youth Development (SAYD) program, an important credential for out-of-school-time staff. She also previously worked as a legislative aid to State House Rep. Marie St. Fleur. Donna lives in Boston and has three children. She holds a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. dyoung@bgcb.org

 

Jessica Rubecindo, Director of the Condon Club at the James F. Condon Elementary School in South Boston, was named to this position when the the Club opened in 2007. In this role, she manages a staff of five and oversees after-school programming for approximately 75 members. Her career began 11 years ago at the Jordan Boys & Girls Club as a Junior Staff member. Over the years she took on several roles at the Jordan Club, including education assistant, school-age coordinator and ultimately education director. She earned a B.S. in psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a Master’s in child psychology from Regis College. jrubecindo@bgcb.org

Camp Harbor View

Cara Gould is the Director of Camp Harbor View, a summer day camp located on Long Island in Boston Harbor that was created by the Camp Harbor View Foundation, Inc. and serves at-risk youth ages 11-14. Cara has 14 years experience working with high-risk adolescents in both Boston and Los Angeles. Her work in Boston includes four years at the Justic Resource Center in Boston where she worked as a Clinician and Assistant Unit Director. Her work in Los Angeles was with Homeboy Industries where she supervised community service workers in a job readiness program as the Community Outreach Coordinator. Later as the Operations Director at Homeboy she oversaw day-to-day operations of Jobs For A Future, a gang rehab program which provided job training and placement for former gang members. Cara has a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Loyola Marymount University and a Bachelors in Psychology from Boston College. cgould@bgcb.org

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